Mamoru (まもる, マモル) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *

Marcus Mamoru Toji Marcus Mamoru Toji is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role on ''Movie Surfers''. Born in California in 1984, Toji attended Beverly Hills High School, was in a Betty Crocker Commercial for fruit snacks and won a Copper Wing A ...

(born 1984), American actor *, Japanese composer *, Japanese composer best known for his work with animator Hayao Miyazaki *, anime director *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese film director *, Japanese inventor, music composer, and Chief Executive Officer of VitaCraft and VitaCraft Japan *, Olympics marksmen *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese middle-distance runner *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese astronaut *, Japanese animator and character designer *, Japanese film director *, Japanese impostor * Mamoru Sato (born 1937), American modernist sculptor *, Imperial Japanese Navy officer *, Japanese Minister of Foreign affairs at the end of World War II *, Japanese illustrator/manga artist *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese criminal/murderer *, Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor *, Japanese architect *, Japanese mixed martial artist

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*, a character in '' Higurashi no Naku Koro ni'' visual novel and anime series *, a character in the ''Sailor Moon'' series *, a character in the ''

Inazuma Eleven is an association football-themed media franchise created by Level-5 (company), Level-5. The franchise began with the release of ''Inazuma Eleven (video game), Inazuma Eleven'' in 2008, with the game series selling over 8 million copies worldwide b ...

'' *, a character in '' From the New World'' *, a character in ''Forbidden Siren'' *, a character in the ''

Captain Tsubasa is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi. The series mainly revolves around the sport of association football focusing on Tsubasa Oozora and his relationship with his friends, rivalries with h ...

'' series *, a character in ''

Kage Kara Mamoru! is a Japanese series of light novels written by Achi Taro. The light novels had ended in March 2008 with the release of Volume 12, but as of July 2009, a new series entitled has started serialization. It features manga and anime adaptations. ...

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Mamoru Kodai is a Japanese science fiction anime series produced and written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, ...

in Space Battleship Yamato *, a character in the ''Fighting Spirit'' (はじめの一歩, ''Hajime no Ippo'') series *, a character in ''

Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! , also known as ''Venus to Mamoru'', is a Japanese light novel series written by Hiroki Iwata and illustrated by Toshiyuki Satō following Mamoru Yoshimura and his far-from-normal high school life with girlfriend Ayako Takasu, who possess magic ...

'' * Mamoru-kun, the

anthropomorphic Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...

canine mascot for

Fukuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 Square kilometre, km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders S ...

's disaster prevention, created by CyberConnect2. Mamoru-kun was originally planned to be the main character of ''Tail Concerto II'', but due to the poor sales of

the last game ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in En ...

, it never came to fruition.

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